by Dan Kempner | Apr 29, 2020 | Facing Your Fear, The Kempner Column
Dan Kempner Legacy Columnist I’m a New York Jew, which automatically makes me a little neurotic. It’s in the contract when you join that particular club. New York has a bad reputation, true, but on the other hand, if you could not say, “Oh yeah, I’ve been mugged three...
by Dan Kempner | Dec 26, 2019 | Creating Success
Dan Kempner Legacy Columnist I was skimming Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince, seeking a quote for a piece I’m writing and, just like every other time I’ve read it, I choked up. The tears began somewhere around the third page. As a writer, I am envious of such a...
by Dan Kempner | Oct 29, 2019 | Features, Gratitude, The Kempner Column
Dan Kempner MDI Contributor My wife runs a little school in our house, for teaching English to Vietnamese children. This means that twice a week, for four hours, my house becomes a war zone of sorts. The couch is a trampoline, rooms are hide-and-seek havens. The...
by Dan Kempner | Aug 28, 2019 | Features, Mature Masculine, The Kempner Column
Dan Kempner Columnist Personally I don’t know what maturity really means, and it’s something I’ve observed more in the breach than by actual practice. But I know it when I see it, and I often see it by watching my wife. She is a young woman, but there’s depth to her,...
by Dan Kempner | Jul 28, 2019 | Features, Scars, The Kempner Column
Dan Kempner Columnist Some people peak early. I was one such. My glory years were in middle school. We’d moved back to a small town in Westchester County, New York, and I was a little taller, with a bit more of a well-knit, man-like frame compared to the other young...
